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Radio 3,14 Apr 2026,180 mins

Stravinsky’s Petrushka from Belfast

Classical Live

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Linton Stephens introduces specially recorded concert performances from across the UK and Europe, including Brahms and Schubert from pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja. Former Radio 3 New Generation Artists, the Consone Quartet plays Fanny Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in E flat, and this week’s featured ensemble The Ulster Orchestra plays music by Robert Schumann, Hamilton Harty, and Stravinsky’s ballet Petrushka. Robert Schumann – Overture, Scherzo & Finale Ulster Orchestra Killian Farrell (conductor) Johannes Brahms - Selection of Hungarian Dances Elisabeth Leonskaja & Mihály Berecz (pianos) Dorothy Howell - Lamia BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba (conductor) Fanny Mendelsson - String Quartet in E flat Consone Quartet Hamilton Harty – With the Wild Geese Ulster Orchestra Killian Farrell (conductor) Franz Schubert - Four Impromptus, D.899 Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) Igor Stravinsky – Petrushka (1947) Ulster Orchestra Killian Farrell (conductor) To listen to this programme using most smart speakers just say, "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live."

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E major, Op. 52
    Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E major, Op. 52
    Robert Schumann
  3. 2.
    Excerpts from 'Hungarian Dances, WoO 1'
    Excerpts from 'Hungarian Dances, WoO 1'
    Johannes Brahms
  4. 3.
    Lamia
    Lamia
    Dorothy Howell